In Search of the Sacred: Contributions to an Answer

By Josef Pieper

Book Overview

This book is neither a deriding of the worldly profane nor a splitting up of reality into a supposedly unholy realm over against one which alone is consecrated to God.

But something which threatens to be forgotten, to disappear from the memory of man is fixed upon here: namely, that in this world which is given us as our life's environment, not only does the striving to take care of our daily needs possess an obvious right, as well the marketplace, the economy, scholarly research etc.; but in their very midst there is something in the fullest sense beyond our daily concerns: God's tent among men, the sanctuary where, set off from the round of daily work, the bodily presence of the eternal Logos become man is honored and celebrated.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898703018
• ISBN13: 9780898703016
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 7.2"